La Palabra Del Día "tumbarse"
tumbarse ( toom-BAHR-seh )
(pronominal verb) to lie down; to stretch out
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Examples:
1: Lydia extendió su toalla y se tumbó en la playa.
Lydia put down her towel and lay down on the beach.
2: Cuando llegamos a casa, mi papá se tumbó en el sofá y se quedó dormido.
When we got home, Dad stretched out on the couch and fell asleep.
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Me tumbó de un guantazo. / He knocked me down.
Me tumbaron en inglés. / I failed (in) English.
Se tumbó unos minutos. / He lay down for a few minutes.
Hay un famoso estatua del Buda en Rangún que es tumbarse .
There is a famous statue of the Buddha in Rangoon that is lying down.
When I feel tired, I lie down and rest in bed. Cuando me siento cansado, me tumbo y descanso en la cama.
A veces no hay nada que se siente mejor que tumbarse por unos minutos por la tarde.
Sometimes there is nothing that feels better than lying down for a few minutes in the afternoon.
Es un lujo tener una sofá donde te puedes tumbar.
It is a luxury to have a sofa where you can lie down.
Puede ser que desde el punto de vista de la filosofía sea muy sabio de tumbarse en cualquier lugar, pero es muy peligroso y además hace un obstáculo en la calle.
It may be that from a philosophical point of view it is very wise to lie down anywhere, but it is very dangerous and also makes an obstacle in the street.
Cuando hace sol y calor afuera, a mi esposa siempre le ha gustado tumbarse en sus camastros con sus amigas y tomar el sol (y unas pocas copas), pero el árbol del vecino sigue creciendo y echa más y más de su sombra sobre su diversión.
When it is hot and sunny outside, my wife has always liked to stretch out on her loungers with her friends and sunbathe (and have a few drinks), but the neighbor's tree continues growing and casts ever more of its shade over her fun.
A veces, sólo tienes que tumbarte en un bonito parche verde de hierbe.
Sometimes, you just have to lie down on a nice patch of green grass.
1: Lydia extendió su toalla y se tumbó en la playa.
Lydia put down her towel and lay down on the beach.
It is sad that the villagers had nothing to put down so, they lay down on the ground for sleeping.
Es muy triste que los vecinos del pueblos no tienen nada, por eso, les sumbran en el suelo para dormir.
En la vida entera, me he tumbado al menos una vez por día, a menudo muchas veces. En la cama o el sofá, a la playa, en el césped o en el baño. Es necesario tumbarnos para relajarnos y recuperar nuestra sanidad.¡ Pero no te tumbes en la carreterra!
In my whole life, I have lain down at least once a day, often many times. On the bed or the sofa, at the beach, on the lawn or in the bath. It is necessary for us to lie down to relax and recover our sanity. But do not lie down on the highway!
Mi parte favorita del yoga es el fin, cuando nos tumbamos.
My favorite part of yoga is the end, when we stretch out.
In some Latin American countries we use "tumbar" as a synonym for "robar"
Examples: Estoy preso porque me tumbé unos televisores. I am in jail because I stole some T.V sets.
Check these examples out from actual newspapers: Nos tumbaron Nos tumbaron 2 Nos tumbaron 3
